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Definition of Carbon monoxide gas
1. Noun. An odorless very poisonous gas that is a product of incomplete combustion of carbon.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Carbon Monoxide Gas
Literary usage of Carbon monoxide gas
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Cassier's Magazine edited by [Anonymus AC02877163] (1908)
"The apparent solution of these difficulties lies in the use of what may be called
a straight carbon- monoxide gas, this enabling all the troubles attendant ..."
2. Helios: A Compilation of Boiler Room Engineering Information by Heine Safety Boiler Company (1912)
"... the incandescent carbon will seize upon part of the oxygen in the carbon
dioxide gas present with a resultant of carbon monoxide gas, or incomplete ..."
3. Lessons in Elementary Chemistry by Henry Enfield Roscoe (1893)
"carbon monoxide gas in the pure state can be prepared by passing a slow current
of carbon dioxide over pieces of charcoal heated to redness in a tube by ..."
4. Journal by Chartered Insurance Institute, World Resources Institute (1902)
"A. large number of the deaths, however, is not due to either injuries or burns,
but owing to the miners having inhaled carbon monoxide gas. ..."
5. Diseases of occupation and vocational hygiene by George Martin Kober, William Clinton Hanson (1916)
"Many factors make a scientific conclusion of the effects of carbon monoxide gas
prohibitive. These are syphilis, alcoholism, poor nourishment, ..."
6. A Treatise on Practical Chemistry and Qualitative Analysis: Adapted for Use by Frank Clowes (1899)
"carbon monoxide gas. This gas is produced when carbon dioxide is passed over
red-hot charcoal : C02 + C = 2CO. It is often formed in this way in open grates ..."
7. The Modern Gas-engine and the Gas-producer by Arvid Michael Levin (1912)
"The carbon monoxide gas formed from each pound of carbon, at the primary combustion
in the producer, requires for its combustion the same amount of oxygen ..."
8. Poisons: Their Effects and Detection by Alexander Wynter Blyth, Meredith Wynter Blyth (1906)
"... for circumstances may arise under which a corpse is exposed to either coal
gas or carbon monoxide gas. Wachholz and Lemberger* placed the bodies of ..."
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